Test 18 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at…

★★★ The Mole says «nothing particular has happened»; the Rat says «something very surprising and splendid and beautiful». Who is nearer the truth, and why can't they be sure?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, particular, Rat, they · What happens: say, happen, be, not be · To what, where: nothing, something · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 51 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the gift of forgetfulness)» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: ★★★ The Mole says «nothing particular has happened»; the Rat says «something very surprising and splendid and beautiful».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	ADP	_	5 Mole	case
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mole	det
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 ★	nmod
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 nothing	punct
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 says	obj
9	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 happened	nsubj
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 happened	aux
11	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 nothing	acl:relcl
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 nothing	punct
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 says	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Rat	det
15	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 says	nsubj
16	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 says	conj
17	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 something	punct
18	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	16 says	obj
19	very	very	ADV	_	20 surprising	advmod
20	surprising	surprising	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 something	amod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 splendid	cc
22	splendid	splendid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 surprising	conj
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 beautiful	cc
24	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 surprising	conj
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 something	punct
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	★ ★ the Mole	nothing	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	happen in a quote	present · perfect	particular		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	say speech: assert	present	the Rat	something	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: Who is nearer the truth, and why can't they be sure?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 nearer	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 nearer	cop
3	nearer	near	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 truth	det
5	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nearer	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sure	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sure	cc
8	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 sure	advmod
9	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 sure	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 sure	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sure	nsubj
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 sure	cop
13	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 nearer	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 nearer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						near property	tree rules
2	not is	can	they					sure property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

The Rat; they have been made to forget what they saw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 made	nsubj
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 made	punct
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 made	nsubj
5	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 made	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 made	aux:pass
7	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 forget	mark
9	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 made	advcl
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 forget	obj
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 saw	nsubj
12	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make	present · perfect · passive		the Rat	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	forget	to-infinitive			tree rules
3	see	past	they		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

The Rat; they have been made to forget what they saw, and the Mole remembers only a faint dream

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 made	nsubj
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 made	punct
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 made	nsubj
5	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 made	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 made	aux:pass
7	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 forget	mark
9	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 made	advcl
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 forget	obj
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 saw	nsubj
12	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 what	acl:relcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 remembers	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 remembers	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Mole	det
16	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 remembers	nsubj
17	remembers	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 made	conj
18	only	only	ADV	_	21 dream	advmod
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 dream	det
20	faint	faint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 dream	amod
21	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 remembers	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make	present · perfect · passive		the Rat	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	forget	to-infinitive			tree rules
3	see	past	they		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	remember	present	the Mole	a faint dream	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent dream=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The Rat; they have been made to forget what they saw, so neither can recall the details now

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 recall	nsubj
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 made	punct
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 made	nsubj
5	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 made	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 made	aux:pass
7	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 Rat	acl:relcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 forget	mark
9	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 made	xcomp
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 forget	obj
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 saw	nsubj
12	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 what	acl:relcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 recall	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	17 recall	advmod
15	neither	neither	ADV	_	17 recall	advmod
16	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 recall	aux
17	recall	recall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 details	det
19	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 recall	obj
20	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 recall	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · perfect · passive		they			tree rules
2	forget	to-infinitive	they not said here				tree rules
3	see	past	they				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	recall	can	the Rat	the details	now	neither property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent detail=Theme

Option 4

The Mole; the Rat saw nothing at all here

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mole	det
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 saw	nsubj
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 saw	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rat	det
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 saw	nsubj
6	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 saw	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 nothing	nmod
10	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 saw	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	the Mole	nothing		all; here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus

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